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Month: September 2023

TV anchor Ruschell Boone, who spotlighted NYC’s diverse communities, dies of pancreatic cancer at 48

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ruschell Boone, an award-winning reporter and anchor for New York City TV station NY1, has died after battling pancreatic cancer over the past year. The station announced that the 48-year-old Boone died Sunday. Boone joined the all-news station as a reporter covering the borough of Queens

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At least 7 people die as severe rainstorms trigger flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fierce rainstorms are battering neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, causing at least seven deaths. In northwestern Turkey, two people died Tuesday when a flash flood swept through a campsite, while two people died in Istanbul. One person is dead in Greece and five are missing, while authorities have banned road traffic

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New book details Biden-Obama frictions and says Harris sought roles ‘away from the spotlight’

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new book about Joe Biden portrays the president as someone whose middle-class upbringing helped foster a resentment of intellectual elitism that shaped his political career and sometimes caused strain with his onetime boss, Harvard-educated Barack Obama. Biden, who spent eight years as Obama’s vice president, told

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A Georgia redistricting trial begins with a clash over what federal law requires for Black voters

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Challengers to Georgia’s voting district maps are telling a federal judge that the state is legally required to provide more political opportunities to Black voters. But lawyers for the state say the plaintiffs are trying to impose illegal racial gerrymanders of congressional and legislative districts. Opening statements

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What you should do if a household member tests positive for Covid-19, according to an expert

By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House has reported, just as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are increasing. President Joe Biden has tested negative thus far. Jill Biden’s diagnosis comes as a new variant, BA.2.86, has also raised concerns and

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